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Lintasarta named Indonesia's data center service provider of the year
Hyperscale

Lintasarta named Indonesia's data center service provider of the year

Lintasarta named Frost-Sullivan's 2017 Indonesia Data Center Service Provider of the Year for enhancing its value proposition and revenue growth.

By Jacques-Pierre (JP) Dumas • 2 min read • Thu, 25th Jan 2018
NTT-AT & Trusona partner to deliver NoPasswords solution in Japan
Multi-factor authentication

NTT-AT & Trusona partner to deliver NoPasswords solution in Japan

NTT Advanced Technology is now partnering with identity authentication provider Trusona to bring multi-factor authentication to customers in Japan.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Wed, 24th Jan 2018
AT&T expands network into Equinix data centers
Hyperscale

AT&T expands network into Equinix data centers

AT-T and Equinix are expanding their relationship to offer AT-T Switched Ethernet Service with Network on Demand to businesses in Equinix data centers.

By Jacques-Pierre (JP) Dumas • 2 min read • Wed, 24th Jan 2018

Global Stories

CIM group acquires new data center
Data Analytics

CIM group acquires new data center

CIM Group and fifteenfortyseven Critical Systems Realty acquire a 42,000-square-foot data centre in Markham, expanding their international portfolio.

By Jacques-Pierre (JP) Dumas • 2 min read • Fri, 26th Jan 2018
Schneider Electric launches a partnership with Sustainable Energy for All
DataCentre infrastructure

Schneider Electric launches a partnership with Sustainable Energy for All

Schneider Electric partners with Sustainable Energy for All to fast-track UN Sustainable Development Goal 7, aiming for universal access to clean energy.

By Jacques-Pierre (JP) Dumas • 2 min read • Fri, 26th Jan 2018
Why Data Privacy Day calls for greater collaboration
Data Protection

Why Data Privacy Day calls for greater collaboration

Data Privacy Day highlights the urgent need for enhanced collaboration between IT and HR to protect personal data in an era of increasing cyber threats.

By Guy Eilon • 4 min read • Fri, 26th Jan 2018
New entrant Kao Data celebrates opening of first of four London data centres
DataCentre infrastructure

New entrant Kao Data celebrates opening of first of four London data centres

It's not every day that a new entity enters the wholesale data centre market and so consequently Kao Data has received its fair share of attention.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Thu, 25th Jan 2018
Stop patching Spectre & Meltdown issues or risk reboot problems, Intel warns
Intel

Stop patching Spectre & Meltdown issues or risk reboot problems, Intel warns

Intel is warning all users to stop downloading patches for the Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities because they are causing system reboot issues.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Thu, 25th Jan 2018
WhiteHawk cybersecurity exchange lists on ASX after successful IPO
Cybersecurity

WhiteHawk cybersecurity exchange lists on ASX after successful IPO

The Australian Securities Exchange is now playing host to what is being called 'the world's first online cybersecurity exchange'.

By Sara Barker • 2 min read • Thu, 25th Jan 2018
WatchGuard introduces advanced learning centre for channel partners
EduTech

WatchGuard introduces advanced learning centre for channel partners

WatchGuard launches a new advanced learning centre to provide over 9,000 global channel partners with tailored educational paths in a web-based environment.

By Jacques-Pierre (JP) Dumas • 2 min read • Thu, 25th Jan 2018
New IT training initiative targeting 1m people launched by World Economic Forum
Data Analytics

New IT training initiative targeting 1m people launched by World Economic Forum

The Initiative has the goal of sorting the global skills gap and addressing job displacement arising from automation - with a number of big partners.

By Ashton Young • 6 min read • Thu, 25th Jan 2018
NZ central and local Govt partnership deploy Promapp for quality management
Promapp

NZ central and local Govt partnership deploy Promapp for quality management

Promapp will support the provision of GoShift's centrally held QMS by providing the capability to standardise policy and procedures.

By Kai Ping Lew • 2 min read • Thu, 25th Jan 2018
Veeam's latest solution for preventing costly downtime
Virtualisation

Veeam's latest solution for preventing costly downtime

Veeam's business continuity solution can save enterprise companies an average of $300,000 per hour of downtime.

By Ben Moore • 3 min read • Wed, 24th Jan 2018
An industry first report on 5G network slicing for smart grids
Unified Communications

An industry first report on 5G network slicing for smart grids

China Telecom, State Grid, and Huawei release a pioneering report on 5G network slicing for smart grids, detailing major advances and future plans.

By Jacques-Pierre (JP) Dumas • 2 min read • Wed, 24th Jan 2018

Stories from Other Regions

PledgeMe announces new crowdlending-inspired platform in the works
PledgeMe

PledgeMe announces new crowdlending-inspired platform in the works

PledgeMe to launch new Ta Koha lending platform with Māori Women Development Inc, aiming to bridge inequality gap in lending.

By Kai Ping Lew • 3 min read • Fri, 26th Jan 2018
Vocus Communications wins a place on the NZ TaaS panel
Government

Vocus Communications wins a place on the NZ TaaS panel

The telecommunications-as-a-service panel aims to improve the way tel-com services are delivered to government agencies across NZ.

By Ben Moore • 2 min read • Fri, 26th Jan 2018
Recruitment expert's top tips for hiring the right talent for your organisation
Recruitment

Recruitment expert's top tips for hiring the right talent for your organisation

Desire for flexibility and varied work has given rise to the 'portfolio career': where professionals position themselves as freelancers.

By Kai Ping Lew • 4 min read • Thu, 25th Jan 2018